IMPORTS.

Grey River Argus, Volume XIII, Issue 1655, 24 November 1873, Page 2

IMPORTS.

Per Kennedy -Transhvped exlVanaki : 5 cases From Nelson : 100 bags sngar. 5») cases geneva, 20 do stmit. 3 quartev-c scs rum. 6 kegs dried apples, 1 p.ckage. 5n bags malt, 1 roll leather. 8 cases eggs, 3 kegs butter, 3 boxes egKB, 4 cases gooseberries. 1 chest tea, 1 parcel drapery, 1 case, 1 keg butter, 5 bags bacon, 1 case, 2 sacks peas, 1 waggon.

The arrivals yesterday were <he p s Titan. Irom Hokitika, and the 5.3 Kennedy from Nelson, via Hokitika. The Kennedy sails again to-ni^ht for NeUon, conveying visitors to the Nelson Exhibition ;.t che ip rates. A circular has bten forwarded from the Department of Justice to Magistrates and Justices of th 9 Peace residing Ht ports of entry, in which the attention of such magistrates and justices is called to the necessity for greater care and attention being betowed on inquiries conducted under " The Inquiries into Wrecks Act, 1869. " The circular states that "it is believed that, iv several recent inquiries, too hasty conclusions hay been arrived afc, and- that, as a consequence, public confidence in tha present system of inq-iryhas been greatly shaken." ihe circular cone udes by scatiDg that "it should not be forgotten that tbe chief purpose of these inquiries is to punish r.hose who may be proved guilty of negligence calculated to affect the safety of Ufa and pr- perty " The p.s Result h.s returned from her trip to the Karamea with Mr Harbormaster J Cross on board, and he reports favorably «>f the f ntrance to that river. <)n board the boat was also Mr Albert Walker, who begone there to judge of the value of the reported coal be itns. He brought back several hundredweight of good lignite, and has taken a sample to Nelson for analysis.—" Westport Times."

Messrs Grey aa<l R<jss'<j new abi»wer % n»w being builr. at the South Spit, Hokitika, wili be ready six weeks hence for the Ngakawhau and Buller coal tra -c. and from the description given will prove a smart haudv craft. Her dimensions are :— Length over all. 76ft ; keel, 72ft; beam, 13t ; depth of hold. sit Bin ; draught when loaded, 4ft 9:n ; carrying capacity, 50 tons. 'I he motive pow<-r will be t%vin-scr' ws, driven hy a pair of «n^ines of nominal «'X horse-power each, but together workii'j,' up to 25 Improvements on the c gines are now being perfected at the Dispatch Foun ry Gn-vniimt-h